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Girls Town (1959) is a English movie. Charles F. Haas has directed this movie. Mamie Van Doren,Mel Tormé,Ray Anthony,Margaret Hayes are the starring of this movie. It was released in 1959. Girls Town (1959) is considered one of the best Drama movie in India and around the world.
Chip is killed accidentally while trying to rape a blonde girl, who runs. Silver becomes the number-one suspect although she has an alibi, but because she's had previous brushes with the law she's sent to Girls Town, a nun-run home for young women in trouble with the law. Rebellious Silver causes trouble at the school, and her friend Serafina's infatuation with a young singer brings her to the brink of self-destruction. Meanwhile, Chip's father hires a detective to learn the truth, and Chip's friend Fred makes trouble for Silver's sister at a drag race. Silver has problems, all right.
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Girls Town (1959) Reviews
Although the cast may have been assembled from somebody's nightmare, it's still one of the great ensemble casts in film history.
Although the cast may have been assembled from somebody's nightmare, it's still one of the great ensemble casts in film history. Mamie Van Doren's name heading ANY cast means a good time will be had by all -- well maybe not ALL, but at least by those discerning cineastes who knew after the 1960 Academy Awards were handed out that 1959's "Girls Town" was robbed by "Ben-Hur." After all, what's a silly chariot race compared to Mamie chewing gum and talking back to nuns? And in "Girls Town" you get so much more: Gloria Talbott, Elinor "Princess" Donahue, Gigi Perreau, Paul Anka, Maggie Hayes, Sheilah Graham, The Platters, Cathy Crosby, Ray Anthony, Charles Chaplin Jr., Harold Lloyd Jr., and so help us, Mel Torme . . . Mel Torme!!!??? Oh yeah, you also get this plot, which has something or other to do with 30-year-old high school kids (like Mamie) getting in trouble with the law and getting sent to the title institution. There's also a nifty drag race -- in a cement riverbed! This film showed up 20 years after "Gone With the Wind" and features just as much excitement and talent. It helps if you've had a lobotomy prior to viewing the film.
My goodness but Mamie sure could fill-up an outfit!
Already on probation for a series of petty crimes, Silver Morgan (Mamie Van Doren) is facing time in juvenile detention after being accused by a witness of pushing her boyfriend off a cliff. Fortunately for Silver, Mother Veronica offers to take her in at Girls Town - a Catholic home for troubled young women. Silver doesn't want to fit in and has trouble with the other girls from the moment she arrives. But when her kid sister gets into trouble, it's these very same people she turns to for help. Can Girls Town save Silver - and her sister? If Silver Morgan is 16 years old, then I'm a teenager myself. My goodness but Mamie sure could fill-up an outfit! Curves galore! And what kind of name is "Silver"? Sounds like a stripper name to me! But even though this is low-budget 50s-style exploitation, Mamie gives a surprisingly decent performance. It's not award worthy or anything, but I enjoyed it. Beyond Mamie, another "highlight" of the movie has to be the fight scene between those two imposing specimens of masculinity, Paul Anka and Mel Torme. That's right - Paul Anka and Mel Torme in a fight! It's one of the absolute funniest things I've seen in a long time. I mean Mamie's bra is tougher than these two. Still, it's a moment that made the movie for me. Realistically, Girls Town isn't anywhere near as good as my rating would indicate. But as I've said before, my ratings are based on the entertainment value I find in movies regardless of a lot of other factors. If I watch a movie and enjoy it and have fun with it, it gets a good rating. And unlike a lot of other reviewers, I had a blast with Girls Town. I watched the Mystery Science Theater 3000 version of Girls Town and loved it. The riffs were dead-on and hysterical. I've got no problems rating episode #601 a 4/5 on my MST3K rating scale. This is one any fan of the show should seek out.
Great Fun
This movie is a great trash fest. Sometimes there is nothing better than when Hollywood of the 50s and 60s attempts to have teens portrayed by aging icons. This one goes straight thru the stratosphere when they make Mel "the velvet fog"Torme a gang leader of sorts. Mamie van Doren is way sexy. I'm surprised she didn't make the ranks of a major sex symbol. I've always found her to be hotter than Jayne Mansfield. If you don't believe me, check out High School Confidential; teenage boys would kill for an aunt this sexy. It's great fun no matter what, but even though MST3K cut out some scenes for their version, their great snotty comments are priceless. Get a hold of it, if you can!
Incredible 50s schlock-o-rama that borders on brilliance
Brilliance? Yes! GIRLS TOWN is one of several ultimate 1950's epics by producer/director Albert Zugsmith. Combining some of the best psychotronic personalities of the decade with awesome rock music and outlandish plots, Zugsmith created essential viewing for film fans. GIRLS TOWN is one of his lesser films, but still packs a hell of a punch today. Many will recognize it from MST3K, but it is much better than it looks. Mamie van Doren (the sexy blonde who competed with Marilyn and Jayne the whole decade) is Silver, a sexy juvenile delinquent accused of pushing her boyfriend over a cliff. She is committed to a reform school run by nuns, where she encounters nice girl Gigi Perreau and bitchy Gloria Talbott. Meanwhile, sleazy drag racer Mel Torme (!!!!!) tries to blackmail Silver's sister Elinor Donahue (the real murderess) into being his drag partner! Also figuring into the mix are Paul Anka, Ray Anthony, The Platters, Dick Contino, Maggie Hayes, Jim Mitchum, Charles Chaplin, Jr., Harold Lloyd, Jr., and Norman Grabowski! Besides having a cast to die for (all have style and presence, if not excellent), GIRLS TOWN has fantastic music, creative camerawork, a drag race, many musical numbers, several catfights, Mamie in many revealing, sexy outfits, a hilarious gang brawl, and a judo-chopping Gloria Talbott! Mamie van Doren has always been a favorite of mine and, like Jayne Mansfield and Marilyn Monroe, is an underrated actress. Here, she is at her best: sexy, vulnerable, tough, and overall, very likable. If you're not a hardcore Mamie fan by the end of this movie, you need to check your pulse and your pants, 'cause you may be dead on both ends! GIRLS TOWN is a fabulous time capsule of a film that doesn't age that well, but is unique and entertaining the whole way through. By the way, MST3K cut about 15 minutes out of the movie to fit into their time slot, the whole movie has many more fun scenes! Highly recommended, you will not be disappointed and it will be an experience you will never forget!
The campiest of the campy
A careful perusal of the cast should lead any connoisseur of trash to check this gem out immediately. You haven't lived until you've seen Mel Torme as the leader of a motorcycle gang, Elinor ("Father Knows Best") Donahue as Mamie Van Doren's kid sister, and Sheilah Graham as a nun. The piece de resistance, however, is Paul Anka's rendition of "Ave Maria." This one, in my opinion, has it all over "Plan 9 from Outer Space."